One should always be careful what you ask for. Grandpa Edds was very impressed with our leisurely gift opening pace last Christmas and asked if we planned to do the same this year. He loved the fact that we took our time and
celebrated each gift opened before proceeding to the next rather than ripping all of the presents open as quickly as possible. That was the plan. We rose early, bathed, dressed and had a snack before going
downstairs. When the boys saw the train under the tree all interest in the other presents was gone. We showed them how to operate the voice-activated “Toots the Train” and watched them go. After about
30 minutes we tried to interest them in opening some of their other gifts with minimal success. About midmorning we drove over to Pa and Granny’s house for breakfast then opened a few more gifts with Uncle Steve, Aunt Erin and Cousin Levi. At noon we said goodbye and returned home for our nap. Steve’s family left shortly afterwards to return to Indianapolis and open more gifts with Levi’s other grandparents. Pa and Granny arrived around 4:00 pm just as the boys were rallying and joined us for more gift opening. The evening pace wasn’t much faster. Every ribbon, box, packing material and gift was interesting and worthy of exploration. We broke for dinner then resumed unwrapping with the last gift finally opened just before bedtime. Nothing was hurried or unappreciated.
One should always be careful what you ask for. Grandpa Edds was very impressed with our leisurely gift opening pace last Christmas and asked if we planned to do the same this year. He loved the fact that we took our time and 
celebrated each gift opened before proceeding to the next rather than ripping all of the presents open as quickly as possible. That was the plan. We rose early, bathed, dressed and had a snack before going 
downstairs. When the boys saw the train under the tree all interest in the other presents was gone. We showed them how to operate the voice-activated “Toots the Train” and watched them go. After about 
30 minutes we tried to interest them in opening some of their other gifts with minimal success. About midmorning we drove over to Pa and Granny’s house for breakfast then opened a few more gifts with Uncle Steve, Aunt Erin and Cousin Levi. At noon we said goodbye and returned home for our nap. Steve’s family left shortly afterwards to return to Indianapolis and open more gifts with Levi’s other grandparents. Pa and Granny arrived around 4:00 pm just as the boys were rallying and joined us for more gift opening. The evening pace wasn’t much faster. Every ribbon, box, packing material and gift was interesting and worthy of exploration. We broke for dinner then resumed unwrapping with the last gift finally opened just before bedtime. Nothing was hurried or unappreciated.
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